Experimental Study of the Lasing Modes of 1.3-$\mu$m Highly Strained InGaAs–GaAs Quantum-Well Oxide-Confined VCSELs

E. Pougeoise (1) , P. Gilet (1) , P. Grosse (1) , L. Grenouillet (1) , A. Chelnokov (1) , J.-M. Gérard (2) , Jean-Sébastien Bouillard (3) , Gilles Lérondel (3) , Sylvain Blaize (3) , Sébastien Vilain (3) , Renaud Bachelot (3) , Pascal Royer (3) , R. Hamelin (4) , J. Berggren (5) , P. Sundgren (5) , M. Hammar (5)

1 CEA-LETI - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Information
2 LEMMA - Laboratoire d'Etude des Matériaux par Microscopie Avancée
3 LNIO - Laboratoire de Nanotechnologie et d'Instrumentation Optique
4 Intexys Photonics
5 Royal Institute of Technology [Kista]

We present an experimental study of the main modes involved in the emission properties of InGaAs-GaAs quantum-well oxide-confined long wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Lasing properties are dominated by the so-called "oxide modes" and by aperture modes, respectively, for small and large driving currents. We present complementary investigations of the laser emission including far-field angular distribution and spectroscopic near-field optical microscopy to a better understanding of the nature of the "oxide modes".

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]; Optics / Photonic

E. Pougeoise, P. Gilet, P. Grosse, L. Grenouillet, A. Chelnokov, et al.. Experimental Study of the Lasing Modes of 1.3-$\mu$m Highly Strained InGaAs–GaAs Quantum-Well Oxide-Confined VCSELs. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2009, 21 (6), pp.377-379. ⟨10.1109/LPT.2008.2012170⟩. ⟨hal-02319159⟩